Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-12-14
PRESIDENT CARNOT.
Particulars Of His Family Life and anti.
cedents

cedents
Paris correspondence: The new pres,,
dent OF the French Republic will drop tn.
first part OF his name, Sadi, in his official
This prefix to hia rDam came
from the days OF the Revolution, when L
was not permitted to give soldiers ths
names OF saints. Sadi is the name Of .
Persian poet celebrated for his description
of the rose, and it was the admiration o,
Carnot's ancestor for this poet which
caused the prefix to be used with the family
name. NJ. Carnot, who is elected now Tor
II term of seven years, unless Upset by soma
future excitement Or scandal. il a man Of
very reserved habits and of quiet social
tastes. He has a comfortable fortune, but
he has always lived in a very modest way.
He ia
NOT FOND OF SOCIETY.
and it is not believed that he will 10 any
more in the way OF general entertaining at
the Elysee than did Grevy. The Carnot
family at present resides in q fiat on the
third floor OF the Lyons Credit Foncier,
25 Rue DIES Basins. HIS fat is COMPOSED
OF an ante-chamber, a dining-room, a draw.
ing Don q sittlrg-roOm, q work.room,
four bedrooms and a dressing room and
bathroom. Its rent is Il trine over 81 900
a year. the furnishing is comfortabl. but
not luxurious. It is here that his wife has
received every Tuesday. but only her init.
mate friends. Carnot himself never went
out evenings. He
EvOTE HIS I'M
to study anil to visits with his family Of
relatives. He is an ardent Catholic. The
new President has O sou-in.law, aud tbs
latter naturally has u good deal OF atten.
ton concentrated upon hiin. The new
President has four children, three sons and
a daughter. One son is an officer in the
T~wenty.first Regiment; the two Others are
still students. The son-in-law is Cunniset,
an advocAt at Dion. He has been a mu-
nicipal counselor OF that place. Heis one
of the ,hiefs OF the Opportunist party. He
is also an associate editor OF a newspaper,
as is Wilson. Three years az, he con.
Quoted
A RIVAL NEWSPAPER
against Wilson. Since his marriage with
Carnot's daughter the two family names
were nited-Cunniset. Garnet. To-day the
newspapers carefully scrutinized the list
OF CaInoS's relatives for the purpose Of
seeing if there were any weak spots in the
family, but they could lind none. The
family is eminently respectable and con-
nervative. Carnot senior is d veteran Sen.
ator, who holds the title oil Count for serv'
ices performed in the defense + antwerp,
in 1914. He is very old, and IS pt-t the
time for political ambition. TAa vile OF
the President is q thoroughly domestic
woman, and strongly opposed to political
i%ntrigues. She is devoted to her children
and to the Catholic Church. The new
President
SERVED AS A SOLDIER
during the Franco-Prussian war. He took
part under Freycinet in organizing the Ma
tiOnal defense andat the beginning OF the veal
1871 was made Perfect to the Lower Seine.
After the war he was elected a Deputy from
his province, where the great CARROT. MS
grandfather. the hero OF the Revolution
vas born. From that time he mas been IN
public lie, filling positions OF trust: There
he has had an opportunity OF showing tns
public his great integrity i'll everything re-
lating to public affairs. When ne was
Minister of Finance he took open erounu
against certain financial jobs when ".e
pressed in the House. and it is the memory
of his opposition to corruption "hen
directed attention to him and maze nun
President, after Nine. Linousln prec1pr
tated the Wilson scandal.